Waistband structure



Jan. 16, 1951 s. F. STEIN WAISTBAND STRUCTURE Filed Aug. 19, 1948 INVENTOR WQM Patented Jan. 16, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- 3 Claims.

My invention relates to garments and in particular it pertains to trousers that are supported at the waist of the wearer by a belt passing through a series of belt loops provided at the waist portion of the trousers.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1, illustrates a perspective view of a, waist portion of trousers turned inside out with an inner belt applied thereto;

Fig. 2, illustrates a perspective view of the belt engaging loop shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, illustrates a modified construction;

Fig. 5, is a cross section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6, is a cross section on line 5-6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. '7, illustrates a side pocket blank ready to be applied by the usual sewing machine operation to the front part of the trousers and to be formed into a side pocket thereof.

As trousers are commonly made they come in an assortment of waist measurements, and trousers having a certain waist measurement are tailored to fit in accordance with various leg 1 measurements to suit the purchaser of the trousers. The difference between the maximum and minimum leg lengths to "which the trousers may be altered is approximately seven inches, and in a lot of trousers having the same waist measurement and the same measurement from the crotch to the top of the trousers, called the rise, some may be tailored to fit a person requiring, say: 34 inches in length, while others may be altered to 27 inches in length and various leg lengths between, the rise however remains the same. The consequence is that the trousers which have been altered for a short-legged person will not fit the wearer properly over the hips, and the belt encircling the waist of the wearer with the waist portion of the trousers will drop to a lower position on the wearers body, producing unnecessary fulness at the crotch, causing the wearers legs to appear shorter as well as producing an undesirable effect at the bottom of the trousers legs.

Trousers as are customarily made are provided with belt loops that reach substantially to the top edge of the band'of the trousers, while some are equipped with loops that are placed at a point below the top of the trouser band, called dropped loops, intended to meet with the requirement of a person with lower hips. However, it is limitary how far the loops may be dropped, for the sake of appearance. The ,dropped loop construction also has the disadvantage that when a belt is worn through such loops the band of the trousers becomes wrinkled and untidy and the waistband lining is exposed, which is undesirable.

My invention contemplates the provision of belt-engaging means within the waist portion of the trousers, whereby a suitable belt may be worn inside of the trousers and which belt would be positioned at a point lower than that which could be obtained by the employment of the ordinary belt loops described above, and the innernbelt referred to may be wide as well as narrow as desired to better fit the hips of the wearer, as appearance is not pertinent in this case. The belt in accordance with my invention of the beltengaging means inside the waist portion of the trousers may be fabricated of any suitable material, elastic or non-elastic, and may be removed from the trousers during the process of dry cleaning or washing the trousers, if desired.

Referring to the drawings. 10, illustrates the waist portion of a pair of trousers; II, is the hip pocket material; 12, is the side pocket material; i3, is the waist band of the trousers; M, are the customary loops; I 5, is the waist band lining; I6, is a line of stitching securing said waist band lining in position at the lower edge of said waistband, and extending from said line of stitching there is a substantially narrow folded-over exten- .sion !1; I8, is a tunnel loop secured at its free ends in position under extension l1; said tunnel loop is has an opening 19, to permit the passage ,of belt 20 through it; said opening is made sufficiently large to accommodate wide belts as well as narrow belts; 2 I, is another tunnel for the passage of belt 2|). I am showing in this case the utilization for the tunnel the upper extension 22 of the hip pocket material H, but in order to accomplish this result the arrangement is such that the belt loops I 4, when being tacked onto the trouser material are not tacked to any part of extension 22, which would cause belt 20 to be hindered from passing freely through tunnel 2!.

.This arrangement can be accomplished by moving extension 22 out of the way when loops I4 are being tacked to the trouser material, or the respective positions of the loops may be carefully arranged to overcome any likelihood of obstructing the free passage through tunnel 2|. However, a tunnel loop similar to It may be employed in connection with hip pocket H, and the question of tacking the loops would not be a problem to be solved.

As shown in Fig. 1, the construction is similar to what is illustrated in Fig. l, with exception that I utilize the upper portion of the side pocket as a belt-receiving tunnel loop in lieu of the tunnel loop 18, shown in Fig. 1. In order to make this possible certain novel features of construction are resorted to in the formation of the side pocket material and the application of the latter to the trousers when the side pocket is finally completed in order to provide unobstructed means for the reception of the belt 20.

The waist portion of the trousers shown in Fig. 4, has dropped loops 26, instead of loops 14, shown in Fig. 1, and the belt 20, after passing through tunnel 2|, passes through openings 23, 24 and-25, successively. In order to provide'unobstructed means for the passing of belt 2E8 through the series of openings 23, 24 and 25, the tacking of the dropped loops at their lower ends would consequently have to Ice-arranged to eliminate any interference with said "openings, and that the upper portion 21 of side pocket 28 forming tunnel 29, does not become attached'to the trouser material at the points wherethe belt loops 26 may be tacked;

As shown in Fig. 7, .39 illustrates a pocket ma- :terialiblan'k for the'formation of a trouser side pocket; 3!, is a pocket facing cut of the .same cloth as'the trouser material. The pocket facing :3 his sewed .ontothepocket blank 36 by stitching 32, slightly spaced from the adjacent edge of 1 saidpocket blankand the .upperendtt of facing 3| is'left -detached from the pocket blank'SEi, a predetermined distance downward from said end Ledgeand this detached space forms opening 24. Opening is formed by cutting a slit at the upper 'end'edgeof the sidepocket blank at a "suitabletpoint along the width thereof and fold- .ingover'edges 34 towards the inside of the side "pocket blank where said folded-over edges are suitably secured in position.

frontgpart 35, said front part and the complementary back-part'SB are joined by. a seam Ei'i,

When the side pocket is finally. formed asa'part of the trouser when the adjacent folded edge .38 of theside "pocket material is sewed by stitching 39 to the *adjacent' edge .48 of part 36. Said folded edge "3B'is' left detached' from the adjacent edge 40, "to an extent :correspondingwith openings 24 *and'25"and thus opening 23 is formed.

Instead'of tunnel loops I8, narrower loops may fbe employedas belt-engaging'means and as many *belt-engaging loops as maybe "found desirable. The-usual outer belt may be worn inaddition 'jtothe-inner belt described herein. The inner belt maybe-as'wide as may be required for the purpose of supporting the trousers well from thefhips of the'wearer.

It will be seen that the line of stitching 16, "which secures the waist band lining Hito the body of "the trousers helps considerably.to sup- ;port the waist portion of thetrousers on the body of the wearer, for the reason that the upper edge 4! of inner belt 2!! acts as a base for the.

line ofstitching i6 while the lower'edge 42 is "resting on the hips of the wearer and the waist band lining l5 at the line of stitching [6 en-- gages the upper edge 4! of belt 23, in conjunction with the folded-over extension 1'! of the waist "band lining 15. When the upper belt 43 isworn "in-connection with'lower belt 22 the combined width of'thetwo belts forms a wide body-en- 'circlingmember which in certain cases is very desirable to the wearer.

While I have described a preferred embodiinerit of my invention, it is understood that the '-same is susceptible of modification in various line of stitching and secured thereat, said extension producing belt-engaging means in form :10f'3, tunnel for the reception of a belt between the inner side of said extension and the adjacent material, belt-engaging means complementary tosaidtunnel associated with said front part of the trousers, said belt-engaging means extending downwardly in the, inner side, of the trousers whereby a body-encircling belt-may be worn at ,a point'substantially below the top of the waist portion ofthe trousers while another belt -may be worn on the outer side of the trousers at a point above the location of the inner belt.

2. Trousers comprising-a waist portion having a waist band extending "downwardly from the top edge thereof to the innerside of thetrousers and secured thereat by stitching spaced substantially from the topedge of said 'waistportion, said trousers comprisinghip and sidepockets at the inner side, the hip pocket structure having an extensionthat extends upwardly to meet said waist band where said-extension'is secured, said extension comprising belt-engaging means and belt-engaging means associated with said'side pocket structure, whereby a body-encircling-belt may be worn at the inner side of the trousers at a point substantially below the top edge of the waist portion of the trousers.

3. Trousers comprising a waist portion having a waist band extending downwardly from the 'top edge thereof to the i -ner side of the'trousers another beltmay be worn on the outeriside iof the trousers at a pointabove the inner belt.

SAMUEL 'F."STEIN.

CITED The fo lowing references are of recordin the file of thispatent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,584,765 Gillette 'May' 18, 1926 1,959,486 Matheson et al. May'22,';l934

'2,075;680 Weinberg Mar. 30, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS 'Nuniber Country Date 423,024 -Great Britain Jan. 23,1935 

